T.L.C.   But, what if all this law of thought stuff is wrong?   What if we just don’t know what’s actually real and what isn’t?

Big D   In point of fact, no human being confined to a physical body knows with absolute certainty what’s real and what isn’t.   Every conscious human action is a “best guess” based on the available evidence, based on personal belief, or based on personal experience and/or based upon what they learned form somebody else, particularly what they learned before they reached the age of reason.   

So you’d be wise to act in ways that result in the most positive and least damaging consequences regardless of which of  The Three Religious Assumptions  turns out to be correct and regardless of which of the three assumptions you believe to be correct.

T.L.C.   You’d better explain that to me.

Big D   OK.   It’s like a safety net you put under yourself in case you fall down.   Do you recall my saying that when deciding on what action to take, it’s always advisable to consider how you will correct your mistake later, if your action turns out to be wrong?

T.L.C.   Yes, I recall that. 

Big D   So, whenever possible, you’d best take actions where mistakes are fixable.

T.L.C.   Does that also relate to the forced motherhood promoters?

Big D   It relates to everyone, regardless of what they do.   Since we are focused on reproductive rights, I'll use this issue as my example.   Suppose you’re a promoter of the anti-abortion campaign and:

   You know about Genesis 2:7  you know you are defying God’s own words in the Bible;

   You know about all the grief and misery you are causing for millions of people by your anti-abortion, anti-sex education, anti-birth control rhetoric;

   You intentionally ignore caring for already-born babies and thus, allow thousands of babies to die needlessly.   You know you could easily re-direct your efforts and actually save thousands of lives, but you don’t.  

         and, in spite of your knowledge,

   You still ignore all the already-born babies;

   You still ignore the very words you preach to others about following God’s words in the Bible; and

   You continue to peddle the anti-abortion philosophy because it’s making you lots of money, it’s boosting your ego, and you’re getting you lots of attention.

         Then one morning, you wake up dead.

T.L.C.   Wake up dead?

Big D   Well, you really don’t wake up in the physical sense.   I’m talking about the day your Earth life is over.   On that morning, is it possible to go back to Earth and correct your mistakes?

T.L.C.   No. 

Big D   So, if the Christians are right about heaven and heal, you find yourself facing God’s judgment, and you’re on your way to hellfire and damnation forever.   If the believers in reincarnation are right, you’re either off Scott free or you’ve got to come back to Earth and experience untold amounts of grief and misery.   If the atheists are right, you simply don’t wake up at all and there are no consequences.

         So, in terms of saving babies, what’s the wisest thing to do?

T.L.C.   Well, now that you make the choices so clear, obviously focusing on saving already-born babies is the safest choice.

Big D   Why?

T.L.C.   Because, if the Christians are right about heaven and hell, I’d get to heaven to be with Jesus and all the good folks, and if reincarnation is right, in future lives, I’d most likely get my life saved and I’d get cared for, and if atheist are right, there’s still no consequences.

Big D   And what did I just tell you about those who are peddling the anti-abortion rhetoric, creating all that misery, and ignoring the already born babied, what happens to them when they die?

T.L.C.   If the Christians are right, they are off to hell forever, and if reincarnation is right, in future lives, they could get lifetimes of grief and misery, and if atheist are right, there’s still no consequences.

         That’s easy to figure out, and I’ve got that part, but there’s something’s really way out of whack here.

Big D   And what’s that?

T.L.C.   I don’t understand why anyone in their right mind would do what the anti-abortion promoters are doing?   The potential negative consequences to their actions are astronomical.  

(This same principle applies to those who ignore the environment.)

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